Connie GundersonConnie Gunderson, PhD, LISW, is an associate professor at The College of St. Scholastica. Having completed her undergraduate studies at The College of St. Scholastica, she worked in Germany until 2012. She completed her MSW in clinical social work prctice at the Alice Salomon Hochschule in Berlin, Germany and received her PhD from the University of Bremen, in Bremen, Germany. She maintains advisory partnerships with universities and colleges in Europe. Her areas of scholarship and research include women, trauma and addiction, human trafficking, intercultural education, and international social work. In 2006 and 2008, she organized international symposiums in Bremen and Berlin to address gender responsive trauma and addiction recovery models. In 2012, she organized an international conference in Hildesheim, Germany to address human trafficking from a relational-cultural perspective. In 2016, in collaboration with The College of St. Scholastica, the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute and Wellesley Centers for Women, she coordinated the Transforming Community: The Radical Reality of Relationship Conference. Dr. Gunderson has edited and published numerous books and articles to address social issues including trauma and addiction, human trafficking, diversity, and gender. Read More Read Less